Horseshoe.



No. 800,582. PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. G. W. INGRAM.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28.1904.

awucmtoz PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. INGRAM OF CLINTON, OHIO.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed M y 28, 1904. Serial No. 210,246.

To It whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. INGRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olinton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in horseshoes, and pertains more particularly to horseshoes which are adapted to be adjusted to different-sized hoofs.

The object of my invention is to provide a horseshoe which is adapted to be adjusted to different-sized hoofs and secured thereto, and also adapted to be adjusted or extended after the same has been secured to the hoof.

Another object of my invention is to provide the said shoe with removable calks, whereby when the same have become worn new ones may be placed thereon, and the adjustment of said calks being such that the tread of the shoe is extended thereby.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a bottom plan view showing one of the rear calks in one position and the other in an opposite position. Fig. 2 is a rear edge view of the improved shoe with both calks shown in the outward position. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the heel portion of the shoe, showing the call; secured therein. Fig. t-is the same as Fig. 3, only showing .the call: secured therein in the reversed position. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the heel portion of the shoe, the calk, and securing-screw all separated.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the forward or toe section of the shoe, which, as shown, is made of a curved form to correspond with the forward portion of the hoof and, as shown, is provided with the inwardly-enlarged curved portion a. The said toe-section is provided with a recess B, which is slightly dovetail and in which snugly fits the curved toe-call; O, which has its base 0 slightly dovetail to fit the recess, whereby the parts are held together against lateral movement. The said calk-base O is provided with an enlarged curved portion D, which corresponds with the curved portion a, and passing through the portion D is a screw E, which enters the enlarged curved portion a of the toe-section of the shoe, and thus the toe-call; is removably held therein. Pivoted to the ends of the said toe-section at Z) are the two heel-sections C and G which allow the rear portion of the shoe to be spread, and thus fit different-sized hoofs. The outer ends of the said heel-sections (J and O are provided with elongated dovetail recesses F and F of the same width throughout their length and having solid forward walls and by means of which the calks are each inserted, which I will now proceed to describe.

The calks G are each provided with an elongated body portion G, which is of the same width throughout their length and are of a dovetail form and of a length to fill the recesses F and F and are adapted to be inserted in said recesses with either end toward the front of the shoe. The said body portion is provided at one end with a calk Gr,.

which may be of any desired form, and I might make the body portion with different-style calks, and they may be removed and inserted, as desired. The said body portion G is provided with an opening 9, which is of an equal distance from each end, and passing through the said opening'and entering the body portion of the shoe is a screw H, thus firmly holding the member G within the recesses.

The shoe, as clearly shown, being made in three sections pivotally connected together, the same can be'either spread to fit a larger hoof or drawn together to fit a smaller hoof, and each of the two hecl-sections is provided with a number of openings I, by means of which the shoe is secured to the hoof in the ordinary way by means of nails. In a shoe of this character if the heel-calks are rigidly carried by the heel-sections at the extreme rear ends when the heel-sections are drawn inward for making the shoe smaller, the ends of the heel-sections would extend slightly in rear of the hoof, and thus the tread between the heel and toe calks would be greater than that of the shoe, and thus make a very clumsy and uncomfortable shoe for the horse. In order to obviate this, I have made the heelcalks each with the elongated body portion which are adapted to be inserted with the calks toward the toe, thus reducing the tread of the shoe and bringing the calks below the hoof. The opening in the body portion being centrally located and the opening in the shoe being located centrally in respect to the recesses F and F, the same securing-screw will hold the body portion whether the call: is in an inequal distance from each end and registering with an opening in the body of the shoe, and a screw passing through the opening in the body portion and entering the opening in the shoe, whereby the same is held therein by the same screw with the call; at the outer or inner end of the recess.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WV. INGRAM.

Witnesses:

P. M. FRAsE, (J. G. SPANGLER. 

